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and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united healthcare insurance company. call now for your free information kit... and medicare guide and find out... how you could start saving. >>> and in today's midday must reads, he's back. newt gingrich hinted that he lists himself as one of seven or eight viable candidates for 2012. really? the former speaker rattled off nearly a dozen names before squeezing his own into the conversation. no surprise here, "the boston globe" has thrown its support behind the democratic state attorney general, martha coakley in next wee
and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united...
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and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united healthcare insurance company. call now for your free information kit... and medicare guide and find out... how you could start saving. the 5-year, 100,000 mile transferable powertrain warranty, from gmc. with roadside assistance and courtesy transportation, it's the best coverage in america. >>> breaking news on msnbc. these are the latest pictures from haiti. more than 22 hours after a deadly earthquake hit destroying the poorest country in the western hemisphere. aftershocks are still rattling the capital of the
and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united...
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people and then come back with a bill that the president apparently asked for last night, which is medicare for all. and i think that we need to take a
people and then come back with a bill that the president apparently asked for last night, which is medicare for all. and i think that we need to take a
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and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united healthcare insurance company. call now for your free information kit... and medicare guide and find out... how you could start saving. >>> this hour on msnbc, it is a scene described by some as simply hell. thousands of dead left in the streets of haiti's capital. now those who are alive are trying to hold back desperation and tempers flaring as people cling to any source of food and water available. still, there have been stories of survival, miracles amid the rubble. >> i was so focuseded on not panicking and sta
and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united...
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and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united healthcare insurance company. call now for your free information kit... and medicare guide and find out... how you could start saving. >>> there are a lot of moving pieces here. i can't definitively say we're going to take it back to the house, governorship this next fall. we will be competitive. we will compete. >> republican national chairman with us on wednesday, part of his book tour. that book tour is now causing some headaches for republicans. the party's congressional leaders say they had no idea that steele
and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united...
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it's important to people on medicare, who are looking at a medicare trust fund that's going to be insolvent too soon. it's important to our economy as a whole if we're going to be competitive. >> the devil in the details? >> sure. >> is it too expensive as it is now and do you think it has a chance of ending up on his desk? >> well, i voted for the bill that passed out of the senate. it was fully paid for and it helped to reduce our deficit over the next ten years. it's going to be too expensive if we don't address this issue. and, you know, i think we'll know in the coming weeks whether we're going to be able to get a bill through. >> and one of the things the president talked about, time and again -- he really lamb entered the partisan divide in washington. i want to play what jeb bush had to say, senator. >> it's one thing to give a good speech. the other thing is to invite people who don't agree exactly with your point of view to build consensus. if the president chose leadership in that regard, leaders of the republican party and democratic party will have to follow. >> given the curre
it's important to people on medicare, who are looking at a medicare trust fund that's going to be insolvent too soon. it's important to our economy as a whole if we're going to be competitive. >> the devil in the details? >> sure. >> is it too expensive as it is now and do you think it has a chance of ending up on his desk? >> well, i voted for the bill that passed out of the senate. it was fully paid for and it helped to reduce our deficit over the next ten years. it's...
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still be out there and you've got to pay attention to how the payroll tax develops here with regard to medicare, but in the end there are people who face higher costs. maybe because they live in higher cost states or because their jobs have put them at higher risk and taxing wealthy people does nothing to adjust behavior. in the end, the white house is looking not just to raise the revenue but to adjust behavior when it comes to health care costs. that's true of unions and people with these plans. >> another essential point. is this thing in its final form going to still include measures that would make it more difficult for women to pay for abortions and thus make it more difficult for women to get abortions? >> well, the abortion question is still out there, and it's not a fight that the white house is still looking forward to. you know, the question is, obviously, highly charged. we're going to have to see how it shapes up. of course this is going to suck up a lot of time in the next few days as they try to get this done before the state of the union. >> richard wolffe of msnbc, author of"re
still be out there and you've got to pay attention to how the payroll tax develops here with regard to medicare, but in the end there are people who face higher costs. maybe because they live in higher cost states or because their jobs have put them at higher risk and taxing wealthy people does nothing to adjust behavior. in the end, the white house is looking not just to raise the revenue but to adjust behavior when it comes to health care costs. that's true of unions and people with these...
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we're going to lower the cost of medicare and medicaid and it won't cost anybody anything. that's great politics. it's just not true. so, there's got to be some test of realism in any of these proposals. mine included. i've got to hold myself accountable and i guarantee the american people will hold me accountable if what i'm selling doesn't actually deliver. >> mr. president, a point of clarification. what's in the book are all the proposals that -- >> i understand. i've read your bills. >> so, rest assured the summary document you received is backed up by the detailed legislation that speaker pelosi and your administration have been busy ignoring for 12 months. >> hold on. no, no, no, no. hold on a second, yes. you know, mike -- i've read your legislation. i mean, i take a look at this stuff. and the good ideas, we take. but here's the thing, here's the thing i guess that all of us have to be mindful of. it can't be all or nothing, one way or the other. all right? you, you -- what i mean by that is this. if we put together a stimulus package in which a third of it are tax
we're going to lower the cost of medicare and medicaid and it won't cost anybody anything. that's great politics. it's just not true. so, there's got to be some test of realism in any of these proposals. mine included. i've got to hold myself accountable and i guarantee the american people will hold me accountable if what i'm selling doesn't actually deliver. >> mr. president, a point of clarification. what's in the book are all the proposals that -- >> i understand. i've read your...
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liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for approval. then, on your schedule, packs up this box and sends it right to your door with no charge for shipping. and liberty assures you have everything you need to manage your diabetes, including most brand name meters. call now and we'll send you a free meter. plus, a free cookbook when you join. call liberty. they can help you live a better life. call the number on your screen. >>> i will not stop fighting for you. i will take my lumps. but i won't stop fighting to bring back jobs here. >> reporter: today on "the dylan ratigan show," new signs president obama gets it on the economy. from breaking the banks to today's focus on jobs. our "reality check" on why he's doing it and what else needs to be done. >>> also, rising outrage over executive pay. we'll talk to the president's pay czar about how much a bailed-out banker is really worth. >>> and what you need to know about the fight against the supreme court, allowing corporate money to overwhelm our political system. all
liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for approval. then, on your schedule, packs up this box and sends it right to your door with no charge for shipping. and liberty assures you have everything you need to manage your diabetes, including most brand name meters. call now and we'll send you a free meter. plus, a free cookbook when you join. call liberty. they can help you live a better life. call the number on your screen....
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and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united healthcare insurance company. call now for your free information kit... and medicare guide and find out... how you could start saving. >>> welcome back. actress/singer jennifer lopez made some interesting remarks about invitro fertilization after questions that is how she conceived her twins. she said when it comes to family and relationships she is quite traditional. the 40-year-old singer said she believes in god and has a lot of faith and when it comes to in vitro you, quote, don't mess with things like that. lo
and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare, you should know about this card; it's the only one of its kind... that carries the aarp name -- see if it's right for you. you choose your doctor. you choose your hospital. there are no networks and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't cover. save up to thousands of dollars... on potential out-of-pocket expenses... with an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by united...
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can you pass a major new program like medicare in the current environment, where there's such division? >> we not only can, we have to. >> it's just talking. >> it's not just talking. people are dying in america because they don't have health care. >> this show is about reality. you just got a guy elected in massachusetts who said he signs his name 41. >> reconciliation needs 51 senators. >> what procedure do you know that harry reid doesn't know? >> i was called six months ago -- >> ted kennedy didn't know? did only you know about? >> what are you talking about? >> these senators can't do it. because you talk to any one of these senators, what do they tell you? what do the democratic senators tell you? >> what makes you think they're not going to do it? what do you know that i don't know? >> because they refused to do it because they can't get past the filibuster rule. you're allowed to talk as long as you want in the senate. >> reconciliation is 51 votes, not 60 votes. >> you can't create a program through reconciliation. nobody's ever done one. name a program, congressman, just name
can you pass a major new program like medicare in the current environment, where there's such division? >> we not only can, we have to. >> it's just talking. >> it's not just talking. people are dying in america because they don't have health care. >> this show is about reality. you just got a guy elected in massachusetts who said he signs his name 41. >> reconciliation needs 51 senators. >> what procedure do you know that harry reid doesn't know? >> i...
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health care, passing health care, is the only way to reduce the deficit, medicare and medicaid. but more importantly, health care is the right thing to do for america and for all families. i think he has to put them all together. >> it is. all right, it is an important thing. today you were speaking at the center for american progress and you made the statement that the country's labor activists will not be eager to help the democratic party in 2010 in the elections if things don't happen whether it comes to health care. are you willing to say tonight that it won't be the same support from unions in this country if the democrats don't get this done? >> well, what i can say with absolute assurety is that our members are not democrats or republicans, they're not left or right. they do what's right or wrong for their families. they have told us over and over again, they need some peace of mind, some security, some guarantees about health care. and i don't care what any union leader says or any candidate says, unless the democratic party takes advantage of the majorities they have,
health care, passing health care, is the only way to reduce the deficit, medicare and medicaid. but more importantly, health care is the right thing to do for america and for all families. i think he has to put them all together. >> it is. all right, it is an important thing. today you were speaking at the center for american progress and you made the statement that the country's labor activists will not be eager to help the democratic party in 2010 in the elections if things don't happen...
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the other thing is to start over again and add medicare, add 55-year-olds up to medicare, which is what the senate was thinking about doing in the first place. there's a big advantage if you do that. you don't get universal insurance and insurance reform, but the senate bill has very little reform in it anyway. you get per insured rate away who can't get it because they're over 55. i think that kind of approach is the kind of approach i would use. get it done, have it easy to understand. the expansion of medicare is easy to understand. we can run it through reconciliation pretty quickly. you don't have a choice. if you're going to get anything done in the senate from this point on, it's going to be through reconciliation. >> governor dean, thank you very much. we have to take a quick break right now, and we'll be checking in with scott brown's headquarters. hevy tahoe, south on i-75, near exit 5. we're on it. onstar, we may have that tahoe. ok, i'll flash the lights. we got it. it's in the clear. i'm sending a signal to cut the power. we got him. mr. ross, the police have recovered your
the other thing is to start over again and add medicare, add 55-year-olds up to medicare, which is what the senate was thinking about doing in the first place. there's a big advantage if you do that. you don't get universal insurance and insurance reform, but the senate bill has very little reform in it anyway. you get per insured rate away who can't get it because they're over 55. i think that kind of approach is the kind of approach i would use. get it done, have it easy to understand. the...
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a subsidy for people under $90,000 and a pre-existing condition in there and close the loophole in medicare. and maybe they will get to the prescription drug thing and work on that. you think that's a lot? we're playing cards now. you're taking that deck. that's enough. you're ready to go with that. >> i have insurance and you have insurance. if i did not have insurance and worried about bankruptcy of one member of my bankruptcy gets sick or if my child has a fever, i'd have to go to a public hospital and i'd be in favor of going john mccain and say, senator mccain -- >> got you. appreciate you being on. >> 79% of you said no. that's "the ed show." chris matthews is next with hardball. we'll see you tomorrow night >>> what the truck happened in massachusetts? let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm it chris matthews. health hazard, lexington and concord in massachusetts, a commonwealth that has been electing liberal democrats for half a semplgry has elected a conservative republican as its new u.s. senator. what was behind it? an attractive candidate driving a truck, a democratic candidate
a subsidy for people under $90,000 and a pre-existing condition in there and close the loophole in medicare. and maybe they will get to the prescription drug thing and work on that. you think that's a lot? we're playing cards now. you're taking that deck. that's enough. you're ready to go with that. >> i have insurance and you have insurance. if i did not have insurance and worried about bankruptcy of one member of my bankruptcy gets sick or if my child has a fever, i'd have to go to a...
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remember joe lieberman killed the idea of a medicare buy-in in the health care plan though he had campaigned on that particular measure. they don't seem to be particularly bound by that. second, you know, i'm under the impression that those big banks have a whole lot of money and they might want to inject that money into the political process now thanks to the supreme court ruling and one wonders if members of congress will be paying attention to that. >> and as the first big act of the second year of the obama administration, what is indeed the symbolism of that as he announces he is going to beat up some corporations on the same day the supreme court gives the corporations the right to spend to defeat him politically cash in the amount of infinity? >> there is a symbolism of it and the impact of it and, you know, clearly, whatever you think about the first amendment implications of this decision, it tilts the playing field toward the republicans. i mean, it just does. in that they've been the historic champions of big business and now big business can throw as much money behind them as it
remember joe lieberman killed the idea of a medicare buy-in in the health care plan though he had campaigned on that particular measure. they don't seem to be particularly bound by that. second, you know, i'm under the impression that those big banks have a whole lot of money and they might want to inject that money into the political process now thanks to the supreme court ruling and one wonders if members of congress will be paying attention to that. >> and as the first big act of the...
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spending related to our national security, medicare, medicaid, and social security will not be affected. but all other discretionary government programs will. like any cash strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't. and if i have to enforce this discipline by veto i will. >> when the gop scoffed about that taking place next year the president ad-libbed that's how budgeting works. the man who delivered the republican response, the brand-new virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, saying the spending freeze is not big enough and big government itself is too big. >> the president's partial phrase announced today under discretionary spending. the circumstances of our time demand we reconsider and restore the proper limited role of government at every level. >> joining us now, live from capitol hill, david axelrod. senior adviser to the president of the united states. david, good evening. >> keith, how are you doing? >> you characterized this earlier as president versus big banks, big insurers, and big unemployment, and essentially daring t
spending related to our national security, medicare, medicaid, and social security will not be affected. but all other discretionary government programs will. like any cash strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't. and if i have to enforce this discipline by veto i will. >> when the gop scoffed about that taking place next year the president ad-libbed that's how budgeting works. the man who delivered the republican response, the...
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i extended the life of medicare and tapped out expenses. when the president signs this bill, not in fewer four years but immediately, if we don't pass the bill, it's going to live as a negative characterure in people's minds. terrible mistake. >> it's free and maybe it's worth that. but it seems to me this administration is perceived to be activists when it comes to government, progressive, if you will. it believes in positive government. the only question and that question will be the same in november. the voters know that. do you believe trying to do good things at the federal level. the only question to the voters is not whether you are progressive or effective. if you succeed or not. >> right. >> you might as well go for it. thank you, david axelrod. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming on "hardball." >>> coming up, does scott brown's victory in massachusetts mean health care reform is dead or can the democrat come up with plan "b" to keep it alive. let's talk about it with howard dean, one of the guys who started this health care push
i extended the life of medicare and tapped out expenses. when the president signs this bill, not in fewer four years but immediately, if we don't pass the bill, it's going to live as a negative characterure in people's minds. terrible mistake. >> it's free and maybe it's worth that. but it seems to me this administration is perceived to be activists when it comes to government, progressive, if you will. it believes in positive government. the only question and that question will be the...
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hey, when medicare was proposed it was unpopular among the people. they didn't understand it and it was unpopular. social security, the same thing. let's go down fighting for what we believe in. and if we lose, we'll have lost for something worthwhile. and my guess is, we won't lose, because we'll get things done and we'll win. >> bingo. that's how you win, is by doing something. >> doing something! that's what we're elected to do, to do something. >> pennsylvania governor ed rendell, doing a lot recently. thanks very much for joining us, governor. sluggish...aren't you? well, i watch what i eat and i eat activia every morning. i don't see how a yogurt like activia can help with irregularity. she's living proof. help get your system back on track. activia with bifidus regularis, helps regulate your digestive system in two weeks. mmm. this won't be hard. take the activia challenge now. it works or your money back! ♪ activia!!! come on. good girl.] mollie's never looked better. i really was amazed to see the change in her coat. people stop us when we
hey, when medicare was proposed it was unpopular among the people. they didn't understand it and it was unpopular. social security, the same thing. let's go down fighting for what we believe in. and if we lose, we'll have lost for something worthwhile. and my guess is, we won't lose, because we'll get things done and we'll win. >> bingo. that's how you win, is by doing something. >> doing something! that's what we're elected to do, to do something. >> pennsylvania governor ed...
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we're going to lower the cost of medicare and medicaid, and it won't cost anybody anything. that is great politics. it's just not true. >> was the president right, there's no free lunch in health care? >> well, look, of course, there are all kinds of choices to be made in the development of public policy. but i think i remember that moment, i was a few feet away from the president at the time, i think he was talking to congressman tom price, he alluded to our solutions, our better solutions handbook that we handed out today available at gop.gov if you want to look through it, and i think he thought our proposals were just the summary references on the page of the better solutions book. and tom price of georgia and myself went on to say, no, we have substantive, detailed bills that were filed in the congress, that were summarily excluded from consideration by your party on capitol hill. and the president, from where i'm sitting, acknowledged that. he said he had made the hard choices. we made the hard choices, too. you can look them up in our legislation. you know, all we've
we're going to lower the cost of medicare and medicaid, and it won't cost anybody anything. that is great politics. it's just not true. >> was the president right, there's no free lunch in health care? >> well, look, of course, there are all kinds of choices to be made in the development of public policy. but i think i remember that moment, i was a few feet away from the president at the time, i think he was talking to congressman tom price, he alluded to our solutions, our better...
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well, but when you exempt defense and a lot of other mandatory spending on programs like medicaid and medicare doesn't add up to that much in terms of the percentage of the total budget. at any rate, yes, yesterday the white house revealed they will make some trims do consolidations. the federal government is a vast far-flung bureaucracy and all kinds of agencies tucked away, abandoned, people who deal with abandoned mines, brown fields, education programs that they feel are due milktive, they're going to trim and consolidate a lot of that altogether 120 programs and that's where they'll get the $120 billion that you're talking about, alex. overall the budget is still going to be very large and a lot of freeze and spending and some of the trims are not going to make people on both sides of the aisles happy. democrats are already talking about the fact that the defense spending is being exempted from the spending freeze and republicans look at the overall level of cuts and say this is a drop in the bucket, of course. the size of the government, the size of the deficit, the size of the budget is
well, but when you exempt defense and a lot of other mandatory spending on programs like medicaid and medicare doesn't add up to that much in terms of the percentage of the total budget. at any rate, yes, yesterday the white house revealed they will make some trims do consolidations. the federal government is a vast far-flung bureaucracy and all kinds of agencies tucked away, abandoned, people who deal with abandoned mines, brown fields, education programs that they feel are due milktive,...
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if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join. call the number on your screen. that's a lot of people. to prove my point i asked gary here to friend request all of them. how's it coming, gary? [ ding ] we got one! that's good. oh! ah, wow. [ dinging continues ] becoming a popular guy. [ rattling ] [ male announcer ] want 3g coverage? we've got it. 230 million people in 9,400 cities. let's get out of here. ok. [ male announcer ] at&t. get an exclusive pantech messaging phone free after mail-in rebate. only from at&t. >>> in today's "tech watch," it's music to your ear, maybe. reports today that apple is planning to offer a streaming mus
if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join....
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the way they can pay for it is by putting in a public option, expanding medicare or by raising taxes. i hope of those three options, they don't go with the raising taxes part. >> i get it. as a reporter who gets to talk to all of you people on a fairly regular basis, i've got to say, it's surprising sometimes to be able to talk to people like yourself and get honestly the exact same answer which goes to the point that you offered up, matt, which is transparency, and the end of corporate communism in this country. i think everybody can agree it's in america's interests without regard for what your political affiliations may be. what is the exclusion for all of us? to the valid anger, the understandable frustration, and real disappointment that we are seeing across america with our political process. well, the answer is, you. politicians will listen to what you say. and if they don't, vote them out of office. look what we're seeing here today. and if you have a phone, or an e-mail, or a twitter, or a facebook account, you have more access, more direction to your politicians than you eve
the way they can pay for it is by putting in a public option, expanding medicare or by raising taxes. i hope of those three options, they don't go with the raising taxes part. >> i get it. as a reporter who gets to talk to all of you people on a fairly regular basis, i've got to say, it's surprising sometimes to be able to talk to people like yourself and get honestly the exact same answer which goes to the point that you offered up, matt, which is transparency, and the end of corporate...
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if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join. call the number on your screen. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" a radical change in the way political campaigns are funded. the supreme court tosses out limits on corporate spending on campaigns. how this changes politics, yep, as we know it. >>> president obama cracks down on big banks by imposing new limits on risky trading practices. >> never again will the american taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail. >> if approved, what would the plan do to government restraints on banking? >>> plus, is health care reform dead in the house? >> there would be nothing
if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join....
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if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join. call the number on your screen. >>> a difficult set back for michael brewer. you may remember him as the young man who was horribly burned by three teenagers back in october. well, now brewer was returned to the hospital fighting respiratory problems. the 15-year-old was released from intensive care just days ago. he was doused with rubbing alcohol back in october, set on fire. he's listed in serious condition at a local hospital. and a new set of mammogram guidelines cop tra dikt recommendations from a panel. two breast imaging groups say annual mammograms should start at age 40 for women
if you're over 65, have diabetes and are on medicare, call now and we'll send you a free meter. it offers alternate site testing, so you can test on your arm. no more pricking your fingers. so it's less painful. it makes a big difference. and to make it even less painful, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies may be covered by medicare. join over a million others who have chosen liberty medical. call now and get your free meter. plus, for a limited time, get a free cookbook when you join....
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liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for approval. then, on your schedule, packs up this box and sends it right to your door with no charge for shipping. and liberty assures you have everything you need to manage your diabetes, including most brand name meters. call now and we'll send you a free meter. plus, a free cookbook when you join. call liberty. they can help you live a better life. call the number on your screen. >>> welcome back. a year ago today president obama promised the military prison in guantanamo bay would be shut down within a year. that has not happened and the administration blames legal and political object sstacles. white house press secretary robert gibbs admitted yesterday he was not sure when gitmo would be closed but he went on to say, quote, to keep the american people sach the president pledged to close guantanamo bay and he'll do that. >>> and could the fallout from the massachusetts senate race claim another victim? federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. bernanke's current term expire
liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for approval. then, on your schedule, packs up this box and sends it right to your door with no charge for shipping. and liberty assures you have everything you need to manage your diabetes, including most brand name meters. call now and we'll send you a free meter. plus, a free cookbook when you join. call liberty. they can help you live a better life. call the number on your screen....
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energy policy at the national level, health and human services, get rid of social security, get rid of medicare, what are you going to get rid of if you're going to reduce the size of government, stop doing? >> sounds good to me. >> programs in the military you want to get rid of. >> all those things that you said. what i'd like to see is our government, the power turned to the -- returned to the states. the way this country was set up to be. instead of this big monolithic voice out of washington, d.c. that cannot stop spending, cannot stop wasting money. that's what we're advocating is return power to the states. i'd get rid of a lot of those things you mentioned. >> would you get rid of food stamps, just get rid of them? stop giving people, poor people food money through coupons to buy food with? just get rid of that program? >> absolutely not. but i would definitely reform it. that's definitely what we would call for it, instead of encouraging generations of people to live on food stamps, encourage them to get jobs because it's not going to forever be gravy train. >> the federal government's
energy policy at the national level, health and human services, get rid of social security, get rid of medicare, what are you going to get rid of if you're going to reduce the size of government, stop doing? >> sounds good to me. >> programs in the military you want to get rid of. >> all those things that you said. what i'd like to see is our government, the power turned to the -- returned to the states. the way this country was set up to be. instead of this big monolithic...
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and the notion that we should freeze that when there may be, for example, this medicare sub sid y, i think doesn't make sense. let me tell you another place where i'd like to look for some savings. we're currently spending $10 billion a month in iraq, when they have a $79 billion surplus. it seems to me that if we're going to be strong at home as well as strong abroad, we've got to look at bringing that war to a close. >> and in another largely symbolic move, the administration confirming the president will announce a salary freeze tomorrow night for senior white house officials and top political appointees. let's bring in, as promised, university of california at berkeley, and former secretary of labor, robert reich, also the author of "supercapitalism" now out in paperback. thanks again for your time, sir. >> good evening, keith. >> as you understand this idea, economically, what is it supposed to achieve and will it achieve that? >> well, i don't know. that's a very, have good question. if the economy were at full capacity, if everybody had a job, if we were worried about inflatio
and the notion that we should freeze that when there may be, for example, this medicare sub sid y, i think doesn't make sense. let me tell you another place where i'd like to look for some savings. we're currently spending $10 billion a month in iraq, when they have a $79 billion surplus. it seems to me that if we're going to be strong at home as well as strong abroad, we've got to look at bringing that war to a close. >> and in another largely symbolic move, the administration confirming...
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we did it with medicare, the young will pay for the old's health insurance. there's no sense on the part of the american people right now nor has it been sold to them that one group should pay for somebody else's health care. because that hasn't happened, every time you hear the word subsidy or mandate, we go crazy. that's why this thing hasn't sold. peter, chris, thank you. >>> j.d. hayworth big with the tea party, quit his job, he's going to run apparently, primary john mccain out in arizona. what a battle royale that's going to be right in far right. can mccain defend his right flank with the help of sarah palin? what a fight on the right that's going to be. in hot weather this summer. this is "hardball" only on msnbc.a l tle love today ♪ ♪ spread a little somethin' to remember ♪ ♪ spread a little joy and see ♪ need a little happiness to be ♪ ♪ living the life with me ♪ >>> time magazine's man of the year, averting a great depression, but no good deed goes unpunished. ben bernanke is going to get a second term, but not first without taking
we did it with medicare, the young will pay for the old's health insurance. there's no sense on the part of the american people right now nor has it been sold to them that one group should pay for somebody else's health care. because that hasn't happened, every time you hear the word subsidy or mandate, we go crazy. that's why this thing hasn't sold. peter, chris, thank you. >>> j.d. hayworth big with the tea party, quit his job, he's going to run apparently, primary john mccain out in...
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freeze on many programs but with some prominent exceptions including mandatory spending programs like medicare, medicaid, defense spending, those programs that deal with security, a massive part of the federal budget deficit. it's said only 17% of the budget deficit is going to be exposed, 17% of the budget is going to be exposed to some of this spending freeze and republicans are saying look it's a drop in the bucket, it's not enough and democrats, including right up to speaker pelosi have said, why are you exempting the defense department. some of these programs should be cut as well. it's always a big fight, a big ritual surrounding the budget drop. it happens tomorrow morn across town at the government printing office, alex. >> timing of one of these reports, seems that the u.s. is increasing its anti-missile capability in the gulf to counter arraign yan iranian missile strikes in the region. >> they're letting it be known they're deploy something missile defense systems and other systems, including missiles borne aboard naval cruisers around the persian gulf areas, american allies in that
freeze on many programs but with some prominent exceptions including mandatory spending programs like medicare, medicaid, defense spending, those programs that deal with security, a massive part of the federal budget deficit. it's said only 17% of the budget deficit is going to be exposed, 17% of the budget is going to be exposed to some of this spending freeze and republicans are saying look it's a drop in the bucket, it's not enough and democrats, including right up to speaker pelosi have...
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howard dean suggested earlier on the show that maybe this health reform should be simplified into a medicare expansion and that could be passed 51 votes and a reconciliation proposal in. >> i don't you'll get that on something as controversial as that from the senate. on the political side, i agree. one thing i think people should be clear on. there's no walking away from the bill. democrats own it. both chambers house and senate have vos h. voted for it. if this goes down, if it fails, all democrats have in 2010 is a failure. if it wins, if they still manage to pass it, they do get a day of headlines saying, historic headline and go into 2010 with something they can sell as a true accomplishment. i can't understand how anyone on the democratic side of the aisle would see the politics different than that. one thing you do get a sense of talking from them i'm not sympathetic to is just exhaustion. this is giving a lot of people an opportunity to give up. they're tired of angry town halls and angry constituents and tired of fighting with republicans and going on sunday shows, talking about thi
howard dean suggested earlier on the show that maybe this health reform should be simplified into a medicare expansion and that could be passed 51 votes and a reconciliation proposal in. >> i don't you'll get that on something as controversial as that from the senate. on the political side, i agree. one thing i think people should be clear on. there's no walking away from the bill. democrats own it. both chambers house and senate have vos h. voted for it. if this goes down, if it fails,...
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who think working people have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. >> wow. couldn't persuade people to go to the polls. after eight years of bush and cheney, do you think that we would really have that problem just two years in to change? pretty powerful message. now the president's supporters are already being asked to swallow the fact that, well, there's just not going to be any public option. single payor, that wasn't even at the table. now they're being asked to support a tax on so-called cadillac plans. come on. the white house claims that this exice t exi exi exize tax will be mostly footed by businesses and insurance companies. what sounds more like you big companies will eat a tax for providing generous health plans or that they'll cut benefits to avoid the tax? i think we'll go to the latter on that one. that is what the unions are really afraid of in this whole scenarios that might be played out in front of our eyes. a recent congressional analysis found the biggest portion
who think working people have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. >> wow. couldn't persuade people to go to the polls. after eight years of bush and cheney, do you think that we would really have that problem just two years in to change? pretty powerful message. now the president's supporters are already being asked to swallow the fact that, well, there's just not going to be any...
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we did it with medicare, the young will pay for the old's health insurance. there's no sense on the part of the american people nor has it been sold to them that one group should pay for somebody else's health care. because that hasn't happened, every time we hear the word subsidy or mandate, we go crazy. that's why this thing hasn't sold. peter, thank you. thank you, chris. >>> up next, former republican congressman j.d. hayworth who's big with those tea party people. has taken the first step, quit his job. he's going to run, apparently -- primary john mccain in arizona. what a battle royale that will be. can mccain defend his right frank against j.d. hayworth with the help of sarah palin? announcer: trying to be good to your heart? so is campbell's healthy request soup. low in fat and cholesterol, heart healthy levels of sodium, and taste you'll love. chef: we're all kind of excited about it. guy: mmm! i can see why. announcer: campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good! for your heart. >>> "time" magazine's man of the year, no good deed goes unpunished. be
we did it with medicare, the young will pay for the old's health insurance. there's no sense on the part of the american people nor has it been sold to them that one group should pay for somebody else's health care. because that hasn't happened, every time we hear the word subsidy or mandate, we go crazy. that's why this thing hasn't sold. peter, thank you. thank you, chris. >>> up next, former republican congressman j.d. hayworth who's big with those tea party people. has taken the...
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we all know, we have medicare, social security, the long-term imbalances. those are the big deficit issues. we august to start there. >> i want to go back to this fee again. the too big to fail issue. one of the financial regulatory reform ideas out there have been to create an uber-fdic, and it would essentially, it sounds like, work the same way. these big too big to fail firms have to pay more money into this system, whether it's shelia bair or whatever, but more money into this system. couldn't we just look at it that that way, that this is their too big to fail fee? >> that brings us back to the point you made in the introduction. which is sending a mental about future bailouts. if you're collecting a fee from everyone, or even from just the largest banks, saying, well, that's because of -- we have -- we know you're going to fail, now you've created the biggest moral hazard since fannie and freddie. that's how we got into the huge mess with fannie and freddie, which is we're going to lose even more money than we'll ever lose in the t.a.r.p., because th
we all know, we have medicare, social security, the long-term imbalances. those are the big deficit issues. we august to start there. >> i want to go back to this fee again. the too big to fail issue. one of the financial regulatory reform ideas out there have been to create an uber-fdic, and it would essentially, it sounds like, work the same way. these big too big to fail firms have to pay more money into this system, whether it's shelia bair or whatever, but more money into this...
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with that being said the expansion includes higher taxes, includes medicare cuts. it also at the end of the day, according to the congressional budget office, does very little for most people in this country to actually reduce the cost of their health care insurance. in fact, what we've seen through the studies that have been done by the c.b.o., the congressional budget office, by the c.m.s. actuary is for most americans they are going to see at best their health insurance premiums stay the same and if you're in the market, go up. the health care bill is an example of this runaway federal spending. in the latter part of that debate, we got a response from the c.b.o. to a question that was posed by the senator from alabama, senator sessions, with regard to how the accounting is done on medicare. because one of the arguments that we heard throughout the course of the debate is that it would extend the life span of medicare. in fact, when the c.b.o., the the question was posed of them: what happens with this additional medicare tax and these medicare cuts that would b
with that being said the expansion includes higher taxes, includes medicare cuts. it also at the end of the day, according to the congressional budget office, does very little for most people in this country to actually reduce the cost of their health care insurance. in fact, what we've seen through the studies that have been done by the c.b.o., the congressional budget office, by the c.m.s. actuary is for most americans they are going to see at best their health insurance premiums stay the...
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everybody knows the real problem is, the growing deficits, the growing debt, medicare going bankrupt, social security -- >> everybody's figured out the rhetoric. they've figured out the rhetoric. now let's see if we can get anything done. >> how do you do? >> america's watching our political leaders and asking that very question. do they work for the country, for voters, for -- >> the concern crosses party line. >> we get the rhetoric. a kindergarten could do the rhetoric at this point. >> here's an actual plan. here's a way to do it. here's a specific, actual idea and plan. >> dylan ratigan is going to read that plan -- >> i already looked at it. your health care stuff makes a ton of sense. just assign the credit to the people and let people -- anyway, we'll do it another time. >> and let me ask really quickly, do you agree with chuck schumer and orrin hatch's plan that we talked about earlier today? harold ford also supports it, that you give tax cuts to small businesses in the form of payroll tax to hire unemployed workers? >> i think a payroll tax is a good idea, but we shouldn't
everybody knows the real problem is, the growing deficits, the growing debt, medicare going bankrupt, social security -- >> everybody's figured out the rhetoric. they've figured out the rhetoric. now let's see if we can get anything done. >> how do you do? >> america's watching our political leaders and asking that very question. do they work for the country, for voters, for -- >> the concern crosses party line. >> we get the rhetoric. a kindergarten could do the...
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medicare did until just last few years. those surpluses are being spent in our discretionary account. so, really, these programs have little to do with our record deficits. it's discretionary spending up until recently that's driven the entirety of our debt. deficits, for the most part, come from discretionary spending. mr. president, so this statutory idea that i've proposed is tested and proven. the budget enforcement act of 1990, including very similar provisions that kept the growth of the federal spending low for 12 years. its provisions were extended in 1997 because people found that it was working. the congress felt that it was working. all in all these budget rules helped to achieve four balanced budgets for four consecutive years from 1998 to 2001. and the key component of that, i truly believe, was the statutory caps on spending that were passed during that opinion. many current serving senators were in this chamber in the 1990's, and recognized the necessity. in 1997, 28 currently serving democrats, for example,
medicare did until just last few years. those surpluses are being spent in our discretionary account. so, really, these programs have little to do with our record deficits. it's discretionary spending up until recently that's driven the entirety of our debt. deficits, for the most part, come from discretionary spending. mr. president, so this statutory idea that i've proposed is tested and proven. the budget enforcement act of 1990, including very similar provisions that kept the growth of the...
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two quick points -- the way to save medicare is just like private health insurance companies. sell medicare policies of full premiums to people like me -- denver, healthier people to offset the others who use up the money. a way to create jobs in this country is not health insurance companies' but liability/workers comp insurance companies. to deny coverage for claims to small, medium, and large businesses for undocumented claims that arise out of the hiring of the work done by undocumented workers -- if there was no liability insurance coverage, workers' comp liability coverage, not health insurance for those climbclaims arising from work done by undocumented workers, they would not hire this people and we would get all americans and taxpayers back on the roll. host: another headline on politics. bo biden bows out. he was the potential delegate. he will stay in his position as attorney general in delaware. dems go on the attack, they write. some of the questions in a memo and the way to force that on opponents. you can read that in political. the last phone call here, howie.
two quick points -- the way to save medicare is just like private health insurance companies. sell medicare policies of full premiums to people like me -- denver, healthier people to offset the others who use up the money. a way to create jobs in this country is not health insurance companies' but liability/workers comp insurance companies. to deny coverage for claims to small, medium, and large businesses for undocumented claims that arise out of the hiring of the work done by undocumented...
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and also, are you willing for the government to not take its hands off my medicare? >> we may get at some point a crisis at which we can no longer avoid facing the issue. we are pointing out that crisis is sufficiently imminent that we have to move ahead, and we think that is likely to be persuasive. it is not that the leadership of the congress and the administration don't know about this problem, and it is not that they don't know what some of the options are. but so far, partisanship has prevailed, and we hope we can turn that around. >> yes. i think it is obvious that leadership in both houses know the problem is a big one. they know it is a bad one. if we can just add to the trepidation, to the fear, that this is something really big, and that we had better think big, act big and try to pull ourselves together so that we are doing something we wouldn't otherwise do, if we can't do that, we are not addressing the problem the right way. >> one more question. >> jackie holmes with the "new york times." i want to know, especially from senator domenici, one of the pr
and also, are you willing for the government to not take its hands off my medicare? >> we may get at some point a crisis at which we can no longer avoid facing the issue. we are pointing out that crisis is sufficiently imminent that we have to move ahead, and we think that is likely to be persuasive. it is not that the leadership of the congress and the administration don't know about this problem, and it is not that they don't know what some of the options are. but so far, partisanship...
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states citizens returned from foreign countries to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the medicare program for low-income qualifying individuals and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown-waite, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognized the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, be allowed to control 10 minutes of the time for debate on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: i ask that all members have five elect slative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 2949. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, two weeks ago, the largest earthquake in haiti wreaked havoc throughout the country. some of those affected are u.s. citizens now being evacuated back to the united states. we need tookt today to continue a program that helps the americans get back home. the repatriateu
states citizens returned from foreign countries to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the medicare program for low-income qualifying individuals and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown-waite, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognized the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, be...